School Speech Language Pathologist- Elementary

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Diagnosis (testing/evaluation) of speech/language needs of students and writes reports.
• Participates in the Individual Education Programs (IEP) team process to develop, review, evaluate and implement IEP for children with speech/language disabilities.
• Case manages IEP team process for students with speech/language services only.
• Affords assistance to regular and special education teachers in the areas of: diagnosis and intervention procedures, classroom management, curriculum development, instructional methods/techniques, educational diagnosis, IEP development, instructional materials and equipment and parent consultation.
• Affords assistance to staff in providing qualitative and quantitative feedback to students and parents, participating in parent/teacher conferences, and open houses.
• Affords assistance in identifying and coordinating early childhood situations.
• Affords assistance/coordination and may present training required for; inservicing of staff, administrators and parents on new methods/techniques, materials, district procedures and state laws applicable to speech/language students.
• Maintains records as required by law, school district policies and administrative regulations.
• Attends meetings and conferences and participates in other activities to promote professional growth.
• Creates/selects communication and technical systems and inservicing parents and staff about their use.
• Maintains and assists in maintaining assistive devices.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to eligible individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Master's degree with graduate level course work in the correction of speech and language problems.

Communication and Language Skills

• Advanced level of verbal and written communication and language skills.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of analysis of variance, correlation techniques, chi-square application and sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific reasoning to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract or concrete variables.

Physical Requirements

• This job involves various levels of activities that include: sitting, reaching forward, handling objects and papers and fine manipulation across motor activities with children may be performed frequently.
• Verbal, auditory and written communication is frequently utilized.
• This is a light job, which involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently.